Bush funeral

[Bengalzona]

(12-06-2018, 03:44 PM)BengalHawk62 Wrote: I'm not the only one who like W better now than when he was POTUS?  I didn't agree with his politics and policies back then, but he's been growing on me lately.  I never thought I'd say that.

I voted for his dad. Didn't agree with some of his decisions, but I still have a ton of respect for him as a person and as a leader. I was glad he was able to take the Dana Carvey impersonations in good humor.

And the political and military coalition he put together to retake Kuwait was absolutely textbook perfect. I don't know if we have had any other leader since maybe Eisenhower who could have pulled of such a thing. We could have easily gone in and just did it alone (and we did do the lion's share). But to include over a hundred other nations in the effort, where they all felt a part... foreign policy masterpiece. No single world leader has had so much clout since.

I'm much more forgiving of W. than I was a decade ago. I'm convinced he got a lot of bad counsel (and possibly some intimidation) from Cheney and others.